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Note: This tournament is being rescheduled due to performance issues that occurred on Wednesday night when we received an unexpected and overwhelming amount of traffic. We will keep you guys updated and let you know when we have finalized the date/time for the event to take place. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience or annoyance this has been for you guys.
Playhem and IPL are excited to announce that we'll be hosting a $1000 Open Tournament! The event will take place on the NA/LA server and run over two days. This will be the first major tournament Playhem has hosted and we really need everyone to provide as much feedback as possible on their experience with our tournament platform.
Signup: http://playhem.com/tourney/10340/by/neebSAGA
[Update: We'll be giving out several hardware prizes to stream viewers, all autographed by none other than White-Ra, courtesy of the great guys over at Tt eSPORTS!
Update 2: Tournament now open to ALL leagues =D
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Date/Time: TO BE DETERMINED!
Check-in: 45 minutes prior to the start of the tournament, you'll get a notification on Playhem saying "You have X minutes to check-in, press I'm Here" once you hit that you're checked in and you'll notice a green "Here" next to your name in the tournament's player list. You can join channel Playhem on Starcraft2 to look for your opponent or add them to your friends list via nickname and character code which is shown above the brackets.
*If you aren't seeing this notification once check-in has started, be sure to disable any no-script and ad-block plugins on Playhem as they may interfere. Also try refreshing the page, although you shouldn't have to as Playhem uses automatic live update scripts.
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Confirmed casters for live event coverage are Frodan and Stim.TV. Also, some of the big games will be cast from replay by the amazing guys at IPL and will be broadcasted on IPL TV.
Be sure to tune in to the live streams because several viewers will be selected to receive free hardware from Tt eSPORTS! All gear is signed by White-Ra!!
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Bronze to Grandmaster. As stated above, this tournament is a test of our mass bracket system so it's important that we have as many players as possible.
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All games will be played on the North American/Latin American server. Any user with an Americas account can signup, regardless of the region they reside in.
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1st Place: $600
2nd Place: $300
3rd Place: $100
Payouts will be done via PayPal.
Prize giveaways to some of our stream viewers:
2x Dasher Mousepads
1x Shock Spin Headset (Black)
1x Black Element Gaming Mouse
1x Azurues Gaming Mouse
All autographed by White-Ra!
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Single Elimination. All rounds will be Best of 3 until the finals and 3rd place match which will be a Best of 5.
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MLG Metalopolis
MLG Shattered Temple
MLG Shakuras Plateau
MLG Xel'Naga Caverns
GSL Cross Fire SE
GSL Crevasse
GSL Terminus RE
GSL Tal'Darim Altar
Each round will have a designated starting map, the loser of a game will choose the next map from the above pool. There are no vetos and each map can only be used once per series.
Some notable signups right now:
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FXOtgun
FXOpTiKzErO
FnaticMSiTTI
EGIdrA
EGLzGaMeR
LiquidSheth
RGNslush
RGNFuture
RGNSpades
RGNPerfect
RGNartist
tQWannaBe
tQKyo
GoSuHwangSin
GoSuGatored
coLCatZ
coLsteak
sixjaxDDE
sixjaxMajOr
PswMystic
PswGun
PswSouthPaw
PswCOoL
vileIllusion
vileDomorin
VTdesRow
VPsycknesS
VPFaith
xSixShadow
OpTicalRH
SCproximA
I'm really excited about this event and I hope everyone has a good time! If you have any questions/comments/feedback please let me know either by replying here, emailing me at NeebSAGA@Playhem.com or contacting me in game at NeebSAGA.240. You can also find additional information about Playhem in our daily tournament thread here.
Follow me on twitter @NeebSAGA for updates on upcoming Playhem events!
Note: This tournament is being rescheduled due to performance issues that occurred on Wednesday night when we received an unexpected and overwhelming amount of traffic. We will keep you guys updated and let you know when we have finalized the date/time for the event to take place. I'm very sorry for any inconvenience or annoyance this has been for you guys.
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This $1000 Open tournament is not all that's happening. Playhem also offers DAILY tournaments with cash prizes that are open to all leagues and players of all skill levels! Here's our upcoming schedule and links to register:
Monday August 15th
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Tuesday August 16th
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Friday August 19th
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Saturday August 20th
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Sunday August 21st
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*On weekdays where a league group is not present, StimTV hosts a tournament for that division. For more information check out their TL thread.
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Wow this is huge. Fucking awesome by playhem. Love the site, should be a good tourney.
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Its great that people are willing to run frequent and large tournaments open to so many skill groups! Will be sure to sign up.
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United States1050 Posts
The IGN Pro League is very happy to be partnered with Playhem for this. They have given us a comprehensive tour of their system and they really respond and listen to feedback from both us and the community. Help them fine tune their system by giving them some great feedback while competing for $1000!
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I'm incredibly excited between the partnership of IGN and Playhem!! >1000 spots?!? This tournament will be awesome!
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I wanted to come and give some feedback on the Playhem site. I was not sure if we should be posting here or somewhere else but I couldn't find a good place on the Playhem site to send it.
First off I really do love the site and think it's a great platform for hosting tournaments, however it does have some quirks I think could be useful fixes.
1) Being able to message anyone through the chat system would be great especially since you can't see someone's character code unless you are actually playing against them.
2) On the page of the actual tournament you have selected it would be nice if there was a Information tab added where it would show things such as Map Pool, All the Admins (I know there was an instance where I didn't know there was more than one admin so I only tried contacting the one and he was busy), The channel that is being used in SC2 (I know most of the time it's Playhem but I think down the road more people will start using seperate channels), etc.
3) I love the automated advancing system for the brackets, but sometimes I feel like it doesn't work perfectly so it would possibly be nice if there was an alternate manual system that could be used. This is not that big of a deal because for the most part it has worked, but such things where my partner did not show and therefore forfeited, I could not advance myself and had to contact an admin or even the possibility say after 15-20 mins that the match is supposed to start give the user the ability to advance yourself if your opponent didn't show. I do realize this could take away hassle from admins but at the same time cause it if someone reported a false forfeit.
Anyways that is just from what I have seen so far. Again I really love the site and it's definitely user friendly, keep up the good work and hopefully my feedback is constructive 
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Thanks guys!
On August 11 2011 23:44 Loudriot wrote:+ Show Spoiler +I wanted to come and give some feedback on the Playhem site. I was not sure if we should be posting here or somewhere else but I couldn't find a good place on the Playhem site to send it. First off I really do love the site and think it's a great platform for hosting tournaments, however it does have some quirks I think could be useful fixes. 1) Being able to message anyone through the chat system would be great especially since you can't see someone's character code unless you are actually playing against them. 2) On the page of the actual tournament you have selected it would be nice if there was a Information tab added where it would show things such as Map Pool, All the Admins (I know there was an instance where I didn't know there was more than one admin so I only tried contacting the one and he was busy), The channel that is being used in SC2 (I know most of the time it's Playhem but I think down the road more people will start using seperate channels), etc. 3) I love the automated advancing system for the brackets, but sometimes I feel like it doesn't work perfectly so it would possibly be nice if there was an alternate manual system that could be used. This is not that big of a deal because for the most part it has worked, but such things where my partner did not show and therefore forfeited, I could not advance myself and had to contact an admin or even the possibility say after 15-20 mins that the match is supposed to start give the user the ability to advance yourself if your opponent didn't show. I do realize this could take away hassle from admins but at the same time cause it if someone reported a false forfeit. Anyways that is just from what I have seen so far. Again I really love the site and it's definitely user friendly, keep up the good work and hopefully my feedback is constructive
Hey man thanks for the feedback! It really does go far and we always take the thoughts of users seriously. I agree with all of your comments and hopefully those changes can be made soon. We're in the process of releasing a ton of different updates in the next few weeks and a lot of exciting new features are coming =D
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This is fantastic, I have been searching for lower level tournies but couldn't find them anywhere. This is a ton of fun and the people are great.
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I've registered and haven't received the email to confirm my registration. I also tried to resend it 5 different times and to different emails as well.
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This is going to be amazing, nicely done Neeb - and I am very proud to have Stim.TV casting this event :D It will be Tumba and two other staff casters!
Great job Playhem, thank you very much for everything you do!
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Love you guys!
Sorry for the signup issues, everything should be fixed now.
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Update: We'll be giving out several hardware prizes to stream viewers, all signed by none other than White-Ra, courtesy of the great guys over at Tt eSPORTS!
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Update 2: Tournament now open to ALL leagues =D
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to bad its always US server maybe anytime ... EU ?
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On August 14 2011 03:44 CoR wrote:to bad its always US server maybe anytime ... EU ?
Sometime soon I hope!
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awesome tournament ^^
keep up the good work neeb!
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this tourny is like a boss! whoa playhem ftw rising new bars for e sport yos!
and speical thanks to neeb for all the hard work
peace!
tl and playhem hawting!
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On August 14 2011 11:27 Elena7 wrote:
awesome tournament ^^
keep up the good work neeb!
On August 14 2011 11:44 berserkboar wrote:this tourny is like a boss! whoa playhem ftw rising new bars for e sport yos! and speical thanks to neeb for all the hard work peace! tl and playhem hawting!
<3 =D
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This is going to be awesome, can't wait to see who wins it.
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Hopefully this gets a few more signups, there are some good players locked in but this tourney needs more attention.
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On August 14 2011 23:54 PartyBiscuit wrote:
Hopefully this gets a few more signups, there are some good players locked in but this tourney needs more attention.
I agree!
Some notable signups right now:
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FXOtgun
FXOpTiKzErO
FnaticMSiTTI
EGIdrA
EGLzGaMeR
LiquidSheth
RGNslush
RGNFuture
RGNSpades
RGNPerfect
RGNartist
tQWannaBe
tQKyo
GoSuHwangSin
GoSuGatored
coLCatZ
coLsteak
PswMystic
PswGun
PswSouthPaw
PswCOoL
vileIllusion
vileDomorin
VTdesRow
VPsycknesS
VPFaith
xSixShadow
OpTicalRH
SCproximA
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Signed up, looking forward to playing!
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On August 15 2011 10:24 HenryZ wrote:
Signed up, looking forward to playing!
=D!
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On August 15 2011 05:25 neeb wrote:Show nested quote +On August 14 2011 23:54 PartyBiscuit wrote:
Hopefully this gets a few more signups, there are some good players locked in but this tourney needs more attention. I agree! Some notable signups right now:+ Show Spoiler +
FXOtgun
FXOpTiKzErO
FnaticMSiTTI
EGIdrA
EGLzGaMeR
LiquidSheth
RGNslush
RGNFuture
RGNSpades
RGNPerfect
RGNartist
tQWannaBe
tQKyo
GoSuHwangSin
GoSuGatored
coLCatZ
coLsteak
sixjaxDDE
sixjaxMajOr
PswMystic
PswGun
PswSouthPaw
PswCOoL
vileIllusion
vileDomorin
VTdesRow
VPsycknesS
VPFaith
xSixShadow
OpTicalRH
SCproximA
Did not mean to post this lol. Well, I did update the above list with some more big names that have signed up lol.
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Only a couple more days! I'm jealous of whoever wins any Tt eSPORTS gear signed by White-Ra xD
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Very nice! NA is missing some regular tournaments where up-and-coming players can display their skill!
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I'm signing up just to get a chance to play one of the awesome players.
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So if your in bronze to Diamond, are you going to be placed against Masters/GM for the first set? Or is it all randomized?
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United States1050 Posts
Don't forget to sign up for this event! It's a great way to earn some money and help develop a promising eSports company!
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On August 16 2011 00:24 JustPassingBy wrote:
Very nice! NA is missing some regular tournaments where up-and-coming players can display their skill!
=D I've seen a few players come out of nowherrrre and take games off high level pros in our tournaments, it's awesome!
On August 16 2011 00:38 Aldin_D2x wrote:
I'm signing up just to get a chance to play one of the awesome players.
If you had the choice, who would you like to play a series with?
On August 16 2011 02:52 Deegh wrote:
So if your in bronze to Diamond, are you going to be placed against Masters/GM for the first set? Or is it all randomized?
This tournament is unseeded/random so it just depends on how lucky you are I suppose lol xD
On August 16 2011 05:00 Alex.IGN wrote:
Don't forget to sign up for this event! It's a great way to earn some money and help develop a promising eSports company!
Yeah =D Do it guys!
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Playhem gogo
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On August 16 2011 09:24 tQWannaBe wrote:Playhem gogo
Hey great games last night man =D
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is anyone else not getting the verification email? I've tried a few times to resend it, but I'm still not getting it.
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Pumped for this, can't wait for tomorrow night :D!
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On August 16 2011 18:03 Inferno272 wrote:
is anyone else not getting the verification email? I've tried a few times to resend it, but I'm still not getting it.
Hey sorry about that man. There were some issues with our 3rd party mail service the other day so we disabled email verification, you should be able to signup without it now but let me know if it's still happening.
On August 16 2011 23:30 goswser wrote:
Pumped for this, can't wait for tomorrow night :D!
You and me both man! Good luck =D
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On August 15 2011 05:25 neeb wrote:Show nested quote +On August 14 2011 23:54 PartyBiscuit wrote:
Hopefully this gets a few more signups, there are some good players locked in but this tourney needs more attention. I agree! Some notable signups right now:+ Show Spoiler +
FXOtgun
FXOpTiKzErO
FnaticMSiTTI
EGIdrA
EGLzGaMeR
LiquidSheth
RGNFuture
RGNSpades
RGNPerfect
RGNartist
tQWannaBe
tQKyo
GoSuHwangSin
GoSuGatored
coLCatZ
coLsteak
PswMystic
PswGun
PswSouthPaw
PswCOoL
vileIllusion
vileDomorin
VTdesRow
VPsycknesS
VPFaith
xSixShadow
OpTicalRH
SCproximA
Where's my name on that list? xD
Haha I got tomorrow off! And Thursday night off! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Hype
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Just to be clear, is this a qualifier for IPL3? Or like a practice run for the upcoming qualifiers?
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On August 17 2011 04:46 CapnCDaWg wrote:
Where's my name on that list? xD
Haha I got tomorrow off! And Thursday night off! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Hype
LOL <3
On August 17 2011 04:50 yoshi_yoshi wrote:
Just to be clear, is this a qualifier for IPL3? Or like a practice run for the upcoming qualifiers?
Sorry if that was confusing! This is NOT an IPL 3 qualifier, this is a $1000 Open tournament and yes we're using this to test our mass bracket system and server capacity for upcoming events.
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I tried again this morning and i received the email, and signed up just fine. Thanks!
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only us 
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Even if your not the best, you should still sign up for this! Some bronze players even mixed in there, even one guy still in practice league are brave enough to try it!
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On August 17 2011 06:56 Inferno272 wrote:
I tried again this morning and i received the email, and signed up just fine. Thanks!
Awesome!
On August 17 2011 09:56 goswser wrote:
Even if your not the best, you should still sign up for this! Some bronze players even mixed in there, even one guy still in practice league are brave enough to try it!
Yeah =D And you might get lucky and get to play a pro, cool story for your friends xD
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On August 17 2011 23:39 neeb wrote:
So close =D
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Chance to win shiz from whitera just for watching the stream !!! amazing!
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Uh oh did the site just go down?
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On August 18 2011 09:31 Anihc wrote:
Uh oh did the site just go down?
yup yup
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>< site cut out as I was checking in TT
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So im assuming the tourney is getting delayed now due to 503 error on site? (i cant get into the sc2 channel, its full )
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Try joining a different # channel. For instance I'm in playhem2.
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someone please suggest to the tourny admins to post the brackets on challonge.
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It appears that this has generated so much interest, that I can't check in. Servers are on overload
No worries tho, this looks like it is going to be really fun, and even 3 streamers to boot.
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On August 18 2011 09:36 BroboCop wrote:
someone please suggest to the tourny admins to have enough server capacity to support even half of their tourney.
Fixed that for you.
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503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request. 503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request. 503 Service Unavailable
No server is available to handle this request.
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playhem is getting played...
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IdrA crashed the website when he saw he faced a protoss in the first round.
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Apparently site is slow due to number of players checking in, so best thing to do it try again in a minute if it's not working.
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damn this tourney is massive
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says I'm a deserter when I tried to check in.. :/
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On August 18 2011 09:47 stalife wrote:
says I'm a deserter when I tried to check in.. :/
north koreaner;;
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On August 18 2011 09:47 stalife wrote:
says I'm a deserter when I tried to check in.. :/
funny, a deserter would probably name himself coLicecream or something. they must have it confused. you're obviously an entree man.
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On August 18 2011 09:47 stalife wrote:
says I'm a deserter when I tried to check in.. :/
Yeah it says I'm not joined when I joined and it crashed on checkin T_T
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this is confusing... says I paid my 10 "points" to enter, i don't see my name on the list, site keeps crashin, brackets mia, what's goin ooon?
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this is a pretty ominous start to a tournament
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I could be watching degrassi right now COMON playhem !!
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Admin says they're getting "20x the traffic they were expecting".
So a 1024 man tournament...did they only expect 51 people to show up? Or are they getting 20,000 hits?
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"guys, please hold tight. we will send everyone an email when the brackets will be generated. we're getting about 20x the traffic we anticipated"
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shoulda got some speed upgrads those playhem servers.
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Sheth just said in chat that he's probably dropping out. So sad. =/
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Hi Everyone,
Please hold tight! As referenced in the posts above, we anticipated around 3-5x the number of participants in the tournament and we're getting around 20-25x as of now. Our dev team is working as fast as they can to remedy the situation. Right now, we're estimating about 20-30 minutes before the brackets generate. Please keep an eye on your email that you signed up with, as we will be updating you on the situation there as well as here. Again, thank you for everyones patience and support. We are still looking forward to an awesome night of competition!
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thanks for the opportunity. unfortunately i lost competing with ur website.
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On August 18 2011 10:07 Hayawatha wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Please hold tight! As referenced in the posts above, we anticipated around 3-5x the number of participants in the tournament and we're getting around 20-25x as of now. Our dev team is working as fast as they can to remedy the situation. Right now, we're estimating about 20-30 minutes before the brackets generate. Please keep an eye on your email that you signed up with, as we will be updating you on the situation there as well as here. Again, thank you for everyones patience and support. We are still looking forward to an awesome night of competition!
this is scary for ipl qualifiers.......
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Just to clarify, we anticipated that we would receive 3-5x the number of participants in the tournament (1500 - 2500) in traffic -- right now we're getting about 20-25x (10000 - 12000). If you are spamming refresh or F5, that will not help. Thanks!
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On August 18 2011 10:11 desrow wrote:Show nested quote +On August 18 2011 10:07 Hayawatha wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Please hold tight! As referenced in the posts above, we anticipated around 3-5x the number of participants in the tournament and we're getting around 20-25x as of now. Our dev team is working as fast as they can to remedy the situation. Right now, we're estimating about 20-30 minutes before the brackets generate. Please keep an eye on your email that you signed up with, as we will be updating you on the situation there as well as here. Again, thank you for everyones patience and support. We are still looking forward to an awesome night of competition! this is scary for ipl qualifiers.......
Des, our intention with this was to load test our site in preparation for the qualifiers on the 20th. To say the least, that was certainly accomplished. Our dev team is working tirelessly, and we anticipate all of this to be sorted out tonight. Thanks again for your patience.
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On August 18 2011 10:11 desrow wrote:Show nested quote +On August 18 2011 10:07 Hayawatha wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Please hold tight! As referenced in the posts above, we anticipated around 3-5x the number of participants in the tournament and we're getting around 20-25x as of now. Our dev team is working as fast as they can to remedy the situation. Right now, we're estimating about 20-30 minutes before the brackets generate. Please keep an eye on your email that you signed up with, as we will be updating you on the situation there as well as here. Again, thank you for everyones patience and support. We are still looking forward to an awesome night of competition! this is scary for ipl qualifiers.......
The IPL qualifiers requires a $20 buyin right? Doubt they'll have any problem with mass sign ups (and it's a good system too imo.)
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Very sorry for this inconvenience guys. Everyone is working as fast as humanely possible to get things running smoothly and get the brackets created. As others have stated, this tournament is being used to test our mass bracket system and server capacity on a large scale before some of the big upcoming events (such as the IPL 3 Qualifiers) and obviously some work needs to be done/things need to be upgraded.
Please sit tight while our guys sort this out and wait for my email to let everyone know when the bracket has been created.
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On August 18 2011 10:31 neeb wrote:
Very sorry for this inconvenience guys. Everyone is working as fast as humanely possible to get things running smoothly and get the brackets created. As others have stated, this tournament is being used to test our mass bracket system and server capacity on a large scale before some of the big upcoming events (such as the IPL 3 Qualifiers) and obviously some work needs to be done/things need to be upgraded.
Please sit tight while our guys sort this out and wait for my email to let everyone know when the bracket has been created.
Are you able to tell us if the people who weren't able to Check-In will get another chance, or should I give up on the tournament? Either way, I'm not fussed; this is just information that I (and many others who weren't able to check-in) need to know.
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How do I pull out of the tournament? waiting 1 hour for a tournament is unnaceptable gonna go do something else
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United States2095 Posts
Well you start out by simply emailing the guy who created a tournament and is devoting all of his energy into making this work for everyone. You tell him "Thanks for this nice tournament, sorry I bm'ed you on the forums trying to find this answer! GL on your tournament!" And there ya go, your out of the tournament this one guy is trying his best to help create.
If you havn't checked your email, lately, neebsaga at playhem.com Thats his email.
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On August 18 2011 10:36 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
Well you start out by simply emailing the guy who created a tournament and is devoting all of his energy into making this work for everyone. You tell him "Thanks for this nice tournament, sorry I bm'ed you on the forums trying to find this answer! GL on your tournament!" And there ya go, your out of the tournament this one guy is trying his best to help create.
If you havn't checked your email, lately, neebsaga at playhem.com Thats his email.
yea... nice tournament with 1hour 15min delay? + at least I'm asking how to pull out instead of going afk and having someone to wait 15min to take walk over over me but thanks for acting like a smart ass it was definitely needed. Now I know what I need to do.
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On August 18 2011 10:34 desrow wrote:
How do I pull out of the tournament? waiting 1 hour for a tournament is unnaceptable gonna go do something else
a free entry 1000$ tournament is awesome no matter how late it is delayed. If you don't wanna play just don't show up for your first match, problem solved.
big ups to IPL & Playhem admins Neebsaga/Ben. its a success no matter how late its delayed
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^this
I'm sure they will resolve the issues and be awesome management site in the future.
I'm playing in another tournament now though, I really wanted to play in this, why not just reschedule... its gonna be getting late to try to do 5 rounds tonight lol.
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On August 18 2011 10:47 LuckyFool wrote:^this I'm sure they will resolve the issues and be awesome management site in the future. I'm playing in another tournament now though, I really wanted to play in this, why not just reschedule... its gonna be getting late to try to do 5 rounds tonight lol.
or this
And I didn't mean that a 1k $ tournament isn't awesome but when you start at 8:30PM well for east coast anyway and u get it delayed by 1hour it ends up pretty late =/
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On August 18 2011 10:44 desrow wrote:Show nested quote +On August 18 2011 10:36 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
Well you start out by simply emailing the guy who created a tournament and is devoting all of his energy into making this work for everyone. You tell him "Thanks for this nice tournament, sorry I bm'ed you on the forums trying to find this answer! GL on your tournament!" And there ya go, your out of the tournament this one guy is trying his best to help create.
If you havn't checked your email, lately, neebsaga at playhem.com Thats his email. yea... nice tournament with 1hour 15min delay? + at least I'm asking how to pull out instead of going afk and having someone to wait 15min to take walk over over me but thanks for acting like a smart ass it was definitely needed. Now I know what I need to do.
Desrow usually you cannot pull out of a tourney once checkin is over because the brackets are being generated then.
There is a leave button on the tournament player lists page but it is greyed out.
Also, if you read the OP they said this tournament is being held to test their system before IGN tourney. As it turns out it is good that they decided to test it.
The site seems like a new startup and this is their first big tournament and they have some issues to sort out.
While they are trying to improve things, we can help by being patient.
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Guys,
We totally understand your frustration. Good news is the brackets are up! Please click refresh if they are not displaying for you. Good luck to all those competing!!
The bad news is we unfortunately do not have a way to add people who did not check-in in time. We realize that most of you we're not able to due to site performance issues. To remedy the situation, please email me at Rdesanto@playhem.com and we will deposit $5 into your account to make up for you time lost. I know it isn't much, but it is the best we can do.
Sincerely, we thank you all for your patience.
Ryan
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I totally understand that the site is new and there are bugs you have to work out. However, I'm disappointed that there wasn't a backup plan when you anticipated this to happen. I really hope you have a better plan in the future.
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I won the mousepad and Mouse signed by whitera
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The upload replay doesn't seem to complete. Also, why does playhem perpetually beep while the page is open. I always have to close the page during my games.
It would be cool if the brackets were ctrl+f'able. Pretty hard to find yourself on such a large bracket.
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Im looking at the brackets, did slush and TT1 get matched up round 1? haha thats awesome...not for them...
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On August 18 2011 11:15 NukemDukem wrote:I won the mousepad and Mouse signed by whitera
good to know somebodies having a successful evening rofl!!
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On August 18 2011 11:28 LuckyFool wrote:Show nested quote +On August 18 2011 11:15 NukemDukem wrote:I won the mousepad and Mouse signed by whitera good to know somebodies having a successful evening rofl!!
hahahh =)
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Reschedule this for tomorrow?
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Ya upload replay isn't working for me either. I've been going for about 15 minutes or so now... The website is really nice and everything just really slow at the moment.
Wish there was an option to just type in the results or something... Should definitely delay the tournament til tomorrow though.
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maybe a bit too ambitious
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On August 18 2011 10:36 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
Well you start out by simply emailing the guy who created a tournament and is devoting all of his energy into making this work for everyone. You tell him "Thanks for this nice tournament, sorry I bm'ed you on the forums trying to find this answer! GL on your tournament!" And there ya go, your out of the tournament this one guy is trying his best to help create.
If you havn't checked your email, lately, neebsaga at playhem.com Thats his email.
I think this sort of thing should be expected from Desrow after in one new casters thread of a review on his casting he replied simply with- "get a new hobby the market is over saturated." Ironic when he himself is an average player amongst people who stomp him in tournaments on a regular basis...
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On August 18 2011 11:46 Chinchillin wrote:Show nested quote +On August 18 2011 10:36 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
Well you start out by simply emailing the guy who created a tournament and is devoting all of his energy into making this work for everyone. You tell him "Thanks for this nice tournament, sorry I bm'ed you on the forums trying to find this answer! GL on your tournament!" And there ya go, your out of the tournament this one guy is trying his best to help create.
If you havn't checked your email, lately, neebsaga at playhem.com Thats his email. I think this sort of thing should be expected from Desrow after in one new casters thread of a review on his casting he replied simply with- "get a new hobby the market is over saturated." Ironic when he himself is an average player amongst people who stomp him in tournaments on a regular basis...
If you play starcraft 2 because you plan on making money and having an income from sc2, ur in the wrong business. Sorry if you got butt hurt because I was being honest to some guy who was ready to throw his life away in hope of making money with starcraft 2
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On August 18 2011 11:52 desrow wrote:Show nested quote +On August 18 2011 11:46 Chinchillin wrote:On August 18 2011 10:36 Liquid`Sheth wrote:
Well you start out by simply emailing the guy who created a tournament and is devoting all of his energy into making this work for everyone. You tell him "Thanks for this nice tournament, sorry I bm'ed you on the forums trying to find this answer! GL on your tournament!" And there ya go, your out of the tournament this one guy is trying his best to help create.
If you havn't checked your email, lately, neebsaga at playhem.com Thats his email. I think this sort of thing should be expected from Desrow after in one new casters thread of a review on his casting he replied simply with- "get a new hobby the market is over saturated." Ironic when he himself is an average player amongst people who stomp him in tournaments on a regular basis... If you play starcraft 2 because you plan on making money and having an income from sc2, ur in the wrong business. Sorry if you got butt hurt because I was being honest to some guy who was ready to throw his life away in hope of making money with starcraft 2
Desrow. SC2, you're doing it wrong.
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Are you really insulting a player on his own teams forum desrow? I think its more you're jealous of the fact that you will never be good enough to make money playing sc2
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Can we not turn this in to another Desrow thread?
Had anyone heard updates from Playhem about the upload system / possible postpone?
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On August 18 2011 12:07 spbelky wrote:
Can we not turn this in to another Desrow thread?
Had anyone heard updates from Playhem about the upload system / possible postpone?
=D yea good question
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Hey guys, here's the email I just sent out:
First off I'd like to offer my sincerest apologies for what happened tonight. This tournament was in fact to be used as a test of our mass bracket system and server capacity but if I had the slightest hint that the traffic we received would be enough to take down the server and prevent the tournament from continuing, we would not have held the event right now. We received about 20 times the traffic we had anticipated and it was obviously too much for our current servers to handle. I think the only logical option at this point is to reschedule the event.
Our development team has been trying to identify and fix everything that went wrong tonight and will continue to do so until we can ensure that this never happens again. Right now we're unable to confidently schedule a date for the tournament to take place on but we should have a much better idea by tomorrow morning.
Once again I do apologize for the inconvenience and terrible experience everyone went through tonight. We should have much more information in the morning.
TLDR: Tournament is being rescheduled, we'll send out another email/post when we have a date set.
Ryan "NeebSAGA.240" Belkin
Playhem Community Manager
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Will games for today be counted or will this be a fresh restart?
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i'm sad to say thisbut this is a joke. really it is, i've been done w/ my match for over an hour and its not reporting. I don't understand why playhem decided to use this stupid ass bullshit system when their other system works perfectly fucking fine where it reads your battle.net profile. waste of 3 fucking hours.
this is worse than when ign tried to partner w/ z33k lol.
i don't think people understand that when you have big tournaments that attract pro players lower level players join them just so they can get stomped by pro players because they think it is "cool" which i mean is a cool experience but nonetheless how the tournament is ran is dumb. i don't understand why people host an event they can't support, plan for the worst(2x the number of people will signup)--hope for the best(w/e you want to put here).
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can undesrtand that it cant be easy running a tourny with so many sign ups, hopefully goes smoother next time!
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I hope it isn't on a day that I have work
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On August 18 2011 12:12 MacDubhghaill wrote:
Will games for today be counted or will this be a fresh restart?
I'd really like to know this as well. It'd be nice to know that those of us who actually stuck around to play our matches will be rewarded. Discounting tonight's games would be a disservice to us.
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Chances are they will create an entire new tournament.
It doesnt sound logical to keep the tournament closed / hope everyone rejoins this tournament at a later date.
Maybe they will give you some points, but that is about all i could see them doing.
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On August 18 2011 12:16 Megatronn wrote:I hope it isn't on a day that I have work
My sentiments exactly
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Any idea if the brackets are going to be redone OR will it be a new signup OR will it be the same brackets with you playing the same people, but at a different date?
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Games from tonight should count. Don't want to have to play them again!
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tt esports competition matches are at 9pm EST tomorrow.
please don't conflict the time schedule
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On August 18 2011 12:25 Risk_Player wrote:
Games from tonight should count. Don't want to have to play them again!
lol be real
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kinda sucks that we got to do a redo; but its happens.
i kinda want to see a better report match system because i won my games 2-0 got one up and my opponent wont pick the second game so i can report it.
i know i know its probably a redo but its nice to have it there said and done especially since we don't have a statement saying if the brackets are closed and to be moved to a later date or if the redo includes sign ups
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The rescheduled tournament is definitely going to be a new bracket and accept new signups for those users that were here and ready to play but unable to check-in due to performance issues.
@Users that won tonight:
I absolutely agree that it wouldn't be fair to have you replay (and potentially lose) a round that you already won tonight. I'm going to do everything in my power to try to give Bye rounds to those players that did win tonight, but I can't promise anything right now. I'll give an update on that as soon as I receive one.
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On August 18 2011 12:34 neeb wrote:
The rescheduled tournament is definitely going to be a new bracket and accept new signups for those users that were here and ready to play but unable to check-in due to performance issues.
@Users that won tonight:
I absolutely agree that it wouldn't be fair to have you replay (and potentially lose) a round that you already won tonight. I'm going to do everything in my power to try to give Bye rounds to those players that did win tonight, but I can't promise anything right now. I'll give an update on that as soon as I receive one.
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I am sure you guys will sort all the issues out, but I am very disappointed that EG has not been blamed for this yet. Heads will roll back at EG HQ! 
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On August 18 2011 12:45 SirScoots wrote:I am sure you guys will sort all the issues out, but I am very disappointed that EG has not been blamed for this yet. Heads will roll back at EG HQ!
:D <3 sirscoots and eg.
Hopefully everything gets sorted out. i really want to play my matches T-T
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So if we didn't get signed up in time - is there still opportunity to sign up for try #2 at this tournament?
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On August 18 2011 12:45 SirScoots wrote:I am sure you guys will sort all the issues out, but I am very disappointed that EG has not been blamed for this yet. Heads will roll back at EG HQ!
You're ruining ESPORTS.
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By Far the worst tournmanent management ive see.
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On August 19 2011 00:36 Deezer wrote:
By Far the worst tournmanent management ive see.
Then don't play in it.
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On August 19 2011 00:36 Deezer wrote:
By Far the worst tournmanent management ive see.
By far the worst post I've ever seen. Playhem's doing nothing but good for the community.
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thanks neeb! i salute you and ben for doing this
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I cant find the tourney in the webpage, do we have to registered again, i i was already in round 3 so what do i have to do? ty.
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so ... anyone know whats going on with this tournament?
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On August 19 2011 02:11 CapnCDaWg wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2011 00:36 Deezer wrote:
By Far the worst tournmanent management ive see. By far the worst post I've ever seen. Playhem's doing nothing but good for the community.
Oh you should check out CEVO tournament posts. You haven't seen the drama yet.
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On August 19 2011 07:56 zeuS~ wrote:
so ... anyone know whats going on with this tournament?
The tournament is being rescheduled for sometime next week. I'll be sending out an email as well as posting once we have the date and time finalized.
On August 19 2011 04:55 rayers wrote:
I cant find the tourney in the webpage, do we have to registered again, i i was already in round 3 so what do i have to do? ty.
The rescheduled tournament hasn't been created yet. We're going to give Bye rounds to players that won last night, but it will be a fresh bracket so anyone that wasn't able to check-in last night due to performance issues will be able to play.
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EPT
